Sunday, January 15, 2012

Chainsaw Training

We arrived in Oklahoma on a Sunday night and our sponsors informed us that Monday afternoon we would be heading to Lake Ouachita State Park in Arkansas to do chainsaw training with anther AmeriCorps NCCC team working there.

We unpacked and packed our bags for our 3 day stay in Arkansas.  Chainsaw training consisted of a day of classroom training, and then a day in the field.

The field day was fun.  We worked in the area of the park that was tornado damaged so our work was most definitely beneficial.

When we got back to Oklahoma we headed out to the field to do some actual felling.  It was nerve wracking but our sponsors were right there next to us going over everything we had learned and making sure we were being absolutely safe.

This is the tree I felled.  Crazy, huh!?!

Mom - Don't worry, we're being really, really safe!

1 comment:

  1. Who would have thought. Your Godfather would be proud as I am.

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